April 2, 2012

Chinese government rolls up independent miners in rare earth industry group

In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as regulate its rare earths players, China is launching an industry association for the precious…

March 31, 2012

China’s Baotou Steel Rare-Earth notches hefty profit

An annual profit of more than $A530 million for the world's biggest rare-earths producer, China's Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co, a $1.23 billion North American takeover deal, and…

March 30, 2012

C’mon Obama: Let’s mine more minerals in the US

The United States should take a cue from Canada when it comes to speeding up the environmental approval of mining and energy projects.

March 28, 2012

Rare Earth Metals growth drivers: Siddharth Rajeev

With so many moving variables in the rare earth space, how can investors evaluate investment opportunities? S

March 28, 2012

Japan urges dialogue with China on rare earths

Japan, the world’s main importer of rare earths, has requested international assistance for alternatives, conservation, diversification and recycling and to continue dialogue with China to secure stable global supply

March 27, 2012

Report rejects Chinese takeovers as threat to Canada

Most Chinese takeovers in the resource sector do not pose a threat to national security, says the author of a new report on Chinese investment in Canada.

March 27, 2012

Riding the graphite bull

Chris Berry, founder of Mountain Partners asset management company, provided an interesting summary of the graphite space while speaking at the recent Graphite Express Conference in Vancouver.

March 22, 2012

Tasman’s PEA gives Norra Karr a $1.46bn value

Vancouver-based Tasman Metals on Wednesday published the results of a scoping study at its Norra Karr rare earths project in southern Sweden, sketching out a mine that would cost $290-million…

March 21, 2012

Winning the rare earth economic war: Luisa Moreno

China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno.

March 21, 2012

Greenland Minerals releases initial 242-million tonne mineral resource estimate for the ‘Zone 2’ uranium-rare earth deposit

Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited ("GMEL" or "the Company") (ASX: GGG.AX - News) is pleased to announce the first mineral resource estimate for the 'Zone 2' multi-element deposit. Zone 2…